Photos: Holi celebrations in Spain

May 29, 2017 14:17 IST

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People throw coloured powder during the Holi festival in Santa Coloma de Gramenet, near Barcelona, Spain. The festival is fashioned after the Hindu spring festival Holi, which is mainly celebrated in the north and east of India. (Albert Gea / Reuters)

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Thousands of revelers during the Holi festival at Santa Coloma de Gramene, where they tossed handfuls of colored powder at one another and danced to the rhythms made popular by India’s Bollywood films. (Albert Gea / Reuters)

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The Holi festival is held each spring in India and other countries in southern Asia where the Hindu religion is practiced, and its popularity has grown recently in other countries. (AP)